Press Release:
Tidetech Commercial Marine partners with Weather Decision Technologies to deliver precision tide and current data
Hobart, Tasmania, 1 November 2017. Tidetech Commercial Marine Pty Ltd, a leading provider of metocean data to the merchant marine market has agreed to a partnership with Weather Decision Technologies, Inc, the world’s leading decision support and weather analytics company.
Tidetech is a specialized provider of detailed oceanographic information to the shipping and offshore industries with expertise in modelling tides and currents for coastal regions and global ocean routes.
Under the agreement Tidetech will make its marine data available as a free demo within the WDT WeatherOps risk mitigation system until the end of November after which clients can choose to upgrade and include Tidetech data full-time.
Vessel operators and ship masters using WeatherOps have 24hr access to a WDT meteorologist familiar with the location of their vessel and the weather forecast for its voyage. This direct communication enables critical decision support in situations where timely information is of the essence.
“We’re pleased to have the opportunity to bring Tidetech’s unmatched metocean research and accuracy to WeatherOps,” says WDT President & CEO, Michael Eilts. “We’re essentially adding over 80 years of expert marine weather knowledge to our decision support system today, growing our ability to help our clients leverage weather and sea conditions to profit and protect.”
“Tidetech is excited to partner with a company of the pedigree and experience of WDT,” says Tidetech Managing Director, Penny Haire. “By combining Tidetech’s offering in oceanography and WDT’s expertise and best of class data in meteorology, we believe that together we are presenting the marine industry with a truly comprehensive suite of accurate and reliable data unmatched elsewhere.”
WeatherOps by WDT is used to protect profits and personnel for organizations anywhere on the globe. Clients include offshore and onshore energy interests, event venues and concert tours, utilities, retail, agriculture, transportation and more. For a free risk assessment and WeatherOps trial, click here.
